/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>14832652
cool, im in your collage like 7-8 times now!

>>13533902
While total war is a massive net drain of resources for all involved, small incursions/regime changes, and asymmetric warfare, like USA tends to do nowadays, is not at all a bad way to make money, as long as mission creep doesnt get out of control...

>>13533911
>>13533923
thats just standard operating procedure for any big industrial player, especially a national/continent wide hegemon like BA

things get much more scary when you find out how planes are made, or learn a tiny bit about material properties (specifically metals, and how shitty Al is in general, with the one exception of its low density)

quite a few metallurgists I work with wont set foot on an airplane, no matter how new or "safe" it is
funny enough the smith who has his doctorate in Al working is most adamant about never getting on a plane, even more than the Steel and Iron working PHD's

>>12794159
>Everything was metal and you had actual bumpers. Now? Shit's all fiberglass and no bumpers at all.
>>12794216
>>>Cars especially, you hit anything and wham the whole front is gone

this is done because Steel and Titanium are heavy as fuck, and by using a lightweight composite, you can drastically reduce your fuel consumption AND increase your torque and acceleration rates, while making the cars safer for both driver/passengers, and pedestrians

lightweight modular parts increases performance in just about every single way, and increases safety factors by incredible amounts, while also being cheaper to produce, at a small cost of being less durable for repeat collisions (which if you are driving right, you shouldnt be hitting shit with your bumpers regularly anyways)

t. Mechanical Engineering almost grad specializing in Metallurgy